Johnny Depp (59)'s defamation process against his ex-wife Amber Heard (36) has ended for the time being, but the claims and allegations that have been made public so far were not the end. Now the public mudslinging continues: As previously secret court documents reveal, not all the evidence made it into the trial. But some of them have now become public - and some of them are quite spicy.
Court documents obtained by The Daily Beast show that Depp's team attempted to submit nude photos of Heard as evidence, citing her brief stint as an exotic dancer. But that was just as little allowed as a suggestion from Heard's team.
The court documents also show that the 36-year-old "Aquaman" actress ignored advice from her legal team to demand from Depp the maximum amount she was entitled to after the 2016 divorce filing: half of Depp's $33 million he got for the fourth part of "Pirates of the Caribbean" would also be hers. However, Heard decided against it and emailed the lawyers, saying she "stands by [her] word that this isn't about the money."
Judge Penney Azcarate refused to provide the Heard team with the conversation she had with her attorneys during the divorce proceedings, in which she waived millions.
In early June, Depp won the defamation lawsuit against Heard after around six weeks of the trial. He sued her for $50 million for an article she published in the Washington Post in 2018. In it, she claimed to be a victim of domestic violence. She did not mention her ex-husband by name. Depp said the post still ruined his career, damaged his reputation and cost him a lot of money. Heard then filed a $100 million counterclaim against her ex.
Amber Heard was sentenced to pay more than $10 million in damages. Johnny Depp has to pay her two million. The remaining 8.35 million was capped at five million due to local laws. Amber Heard and her legal team have appealed the verdict, but the actress is said to be trying to raise the money. As "TMZ" reports, Heard is said to have sold her house in Yucca Valley in the California desert for $ 1.05 million.
